Record Store Day isn’t until April 22 this year, and we’re expecting to see the official list of special titles that will be released for the big event later this month. But in the meantime, a long list of possible RSD titles has leaked, and we’ve gone through it and pared it down to the ones (mostly vinyl LPs) that have connections to classic rock.
We can’t promise that any or all of these will actually materialize next month, but the details–right down to the quantities–are so precise that we’re reasonably confident that they’ll all be included when the official list is released shortly. (Plus, it’s fun to speculate and never too early to start stashing those nickels.)
Titles that are verified are in green.
Big Star – Complete Third: Vol. 3: Final Masters [LP] (slip cover box, booklet, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
David Bowie – Cracked Actor (Live in Los Angeles 1974) [3LP] (newly commissioned artwork and a setlist that differs slightly from the 1974 David Live album) LP
David Bowie – BOWPROMO [LP] (singled-sided with 7 tracks replicating the 1971 promotional release) LP
George Carlin – Jammin’ In New York [LP] (first time on vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Cheap Trick – The Epic Archive Vol. One 1975-1979 [2LP] (single mixes/edits, soundtrack, non-LP tracks and other rarities, limited to 1470, indie-retail exclusive) LP
David Crosby/The Lighthouse Band – David Crosby & The Lighthouse Band [10”] (limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive) 10″
Electric Flag, The – Live From California 1967-1968 [2LP] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Marianne Faithfull – Rich Kid Blues [LP] (limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Related: What was released on Record Store Day Black Friday in 2016?
Hawkwind – Best Of The United Artists Years: 1971-1974 [LP] (Colored Vinyl, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings: The Centennial Collection [3LP] (150 Gram, gatefold, download, 12×24 poster, numbered/limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Ken Kesey – The Acid Test [LP] (original cover artwork, limited, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Curtis Knight feat. Jimi Hendrix – Live At George’s Club 20 [2LP] (150 Gram, gatefold, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Dave Matthews Band – Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95 [4LP Boxset] (150 Gram Metallic Silver Vinyl, download, limited to 2500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello – Flowers in the Dirt demos [cassette] (3 tracks from the album’s March 24 reissue, “I Don’t Want To Confess,” “Shallow Grave” and “Mistress And Maid”) Cassette-only
Meters, The – A Message from The Meters: The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977 [3LP] (Red, Yellow & Green Vinyl, limited to 510, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Moondog – Moondog [LP] (150 Gram White Vinyl, download, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Motorhead – Clean Your Clock [2LP] (Picture Disc, limited to 1500, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson [LP] (150 Gram Yellow & White Split Color Vinyl, 12×24 poster, download, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
NRBQ – High Noon: 50 Year Retrospective [LP] (limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – Live At Jones Beach [10”] (150 Gram Marbled Black & White Vinyl, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive) 10″
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels – Live 1973 featuring Emmylou Harris [LP] (180 Gram, gold foil jacket and holographic numbered/limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Pink Floyd – London 1966-1967 [12”] (Picture Disc, limited to 2000, indie-retail exclusive) 12″
Pink Floyd – “Interstellar Overdrive” [12″ EP] (180 Gram, one-sided, unheard recording from 1966 nearly 15-minutes long) 12″
Pretty Things, The – The French EP’s 1964-69 [5×7”] (limited to 200, indie-retail exclusive) 7″
Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale (50th Anniversary) [12” EP] (White with Clear Splatter Vinyl, insert, includes unreleased track, indie-retail exclusive) 12″
Todd Rundgren – Todd Rungren’s Utopia Live At The Fox Theater 1973 [2LP] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Leon Russell – Guitar Blues [CD] (limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) CD
Santana – Woodstock Saturday August 16, 1969 [LP] (150 Gram, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
John Sinclair – Mobile Homeland [LP] (Random 600 Red/600 White Vinyl, feats. Members of MC5 and The Detroit Cobras, insert, download, indie-exclusive) LP
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes – Live From E Street [LP] (limited to 600, four Bruce Springsteen covers on this live vinyl, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Hammersmith Odeon London ’75 [4LP] (150 Gram, first time on vinyl, numbered/limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Peter Tosh – Legalize It [LP] (POT-SCENTED! Jamaican Red/Yellow/Green-Striped Colored Remastered Vinyl, limited/numbered to 2500, indie-exclusive) LP
Turtles, The – More Golden Hits [LP] (Mono Vinyl Reisue, Gold Vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Uriah Heep – Live [2LP] (180 Gram Splatter Vinyl, first time on vinyl, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Various Artists – Recutting The Crap Vol. 1 [LP] (Green or Black Vinyl, reinterpretations of The Clash ‘Cut The Crap,’ includes Joe Strummer interviews, download, indie-exclusive, limited to 1000) LP
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Live At Carnegie Hall [2LP] (150 Gram Marbled Brown Vinyl, download, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Dennis Wilson – Bambu (The Caribou Sessions) [2LP] (150 Gram Translucent Green with Black Smoke Effect Vinyl, gatefold, limited to 3000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
Wolfman Jack & The Wolfpack – Boogie With The Wolfman [LP] (Picture Disc, limited to 1000, indie-retail exclusive) LP
To find a participating independent record store near you, click here.
Don’t miss a post! Sign up for Best Classic Bands‘ Newsletter; form is on every page.
